Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- kān
English
- adequately capable of, worthy of
- (bound form) may; can
- (bound form) to endure; to bear
- (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- really; being worthy of
- (usu. negative) cannot bear; cannot endure
粵語
- 足以；確係
- 忍受；可以支持；多數用於否定
Words containing 堪
- 不堪bat1 ham1
cannot bear
- 難堪naan4 ham1
hard to take
- 堪稱ham1 cing1
can be rated as
- 堪憂ham1 jau1
worrying
- 堪輿ham1 jyu4
geomancy
- 堪虞ham1 jyu4
worrisome
- 苦不堪言fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4
to suffer unspeakable misery
- 不堪一擊bat1 ham1 jat1 gik1
(idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow
- 不堪設想bat1 ham1 cit3 soeng2
too horrible to contemplate
- 不堪入耳bat1 ham1 jap6 ji5
(idiom) (of speech, music etc) vulgar; offensive to the ear
- 情何以堪cing4 ho4 ji5 ham1
how can this be endured! (idiom)
- 可堪ho2 ham1
how can one endure?
- 堪比ham1 bei2
to be comparable to
- 餲堪堪ngaat3 ham1 ham1
stench of stale urine
- 餲堪堪ngaat3 ham1 ham1
stench of stale urine
- 疲憊不堪pei4 baai6 bat1 ham1
exhausted
- 不堪忍受bat1 ham1 jan2 sau6
unbearable
- 不堪造就bat1 ham1 zou6 zau6
Uneducable;unpromising
- 擁擠不堪jung2 zai1 bat1 ham1
overcrowded
- 堪培拉ham1 pui4 laai1
Canberra, capital of Australia
- 堪薩斯ham1 saat3 si1
Kansas, US state
- 凌亂不堪ling4 lyun6 bat1 ham1
in a terrible mess (idiom)
- 破敗不堪po3 baai6 bat1 ham1
crushed
- 不堪入目bat1 ham1 jap6 muk6
unbearable to look at